Would that be Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopalian etc?be careful about using the term “protestant” which is almost a generic. Many or most mainline Protestant denominations do not subscribe to the Rapture theory, which is a product of certain recent (last 150 yrs) fundamentalist sects. I am not logging on to another site without knowing what it is, so I will have to pass on youtube for the present. if it is not Catholic, why would I waste my time?
Q: A friend of mine has been reading the “Left Behind” books that have all of this stuff about the “Rapture” in them…is there really going to be a “Rapture” like these books talk about?
A. No, there’s not. The “Rapture” refers to a passage in First Thessalonians, chapter 4, which talks about Christians being “caught up” in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Many Christians believe, and the “Left Behind” books promote, that this being “caught up” to meet the Lord will occur before the Great Tribulation which is headed our way in the near future. Christians will simply vanish, meet Jesus somewhere in the air, and then return with Him to Heaven to await the end of time
But notice, in verse 17, Paul says that “…we who are alive, who are left,” shall be caught up. Remember that…those who are “left” get caught up to meet the Lord.
The “Left Behind” books get their name from a passage in Luke 17 and a similar passage in Matthew 24 which talk about the coming of the Lord being like the days of Noah and the days of Lot. Matthew 24 puts it this way: “As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man…they ate, they drank, they married and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Then two men will be in the field, one is taken and one is left. Two women grinding at the mill, one is taken one is left.”
“See,” Rapture enthusiasts say, “One is taken, one is left…the Rapture! Jesus takes the Christians and leaves behind non-Christians!” Two problems with that interpretation: First, Jesus’ coming is being compared to the days of Noah and the days of Lot. After the flood, who was left? Noah and his family…the good guys…the bad guys were taken! After Sodom and Gomorrah went up in smoke, who was left? Lot and his daughters…the good guys…the bad guys were taken! Second, remember 1 Thessalonians? It says that those who are “left” get to meet Jesus in the air. The good guys are left behind to meet Jesus.
Maybe you can return the favor and send them these two links to a Bible study by John Martignoni. The Rapture and the Bible (FREE MP3 Download) and Bible study notes. It will also be a great advantage for you if you invest the time to print out the notes and then listen to the study yourself. John decimates this unbiblical teaching.In other words, you want to be left behind so that you can get caught up in the clouds to meet Jesus in the air and accompany Him back to earth at His 2nd and final coming. There will be no Rapture like the one the Left Behind books talk about…that view is not scriptural.
Hah, I don’t know, maybe so you can stop being so ignorant?if it is not Catholic, why would I waste my time?
Why is your link incapsulated within another redirection link?A good friend of mine who is a protestant sent this link to me. I believe they have different view than we as Catholics do as to the second coming and what they term “The Rapture”.
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